Although the tales seemed so important,
perhaps they weren’t  –
perhaps all of us let pass
so many potential rides
to where we thought we’d go

But we’re here anyway,
however much the same or different it is
from what we thought

And what I now know is,
I can’t default to death  –
it never was a train that I could board

However long it takes,
I’m bound for immortality
in my return to knowledge
of who I am.

©Wendy Mulhern
February 27, 2023